diff --git a/04-Return_Null.html b/04-Return_Null.html index 88914e3..b93d76e 100644 --- a/04-Return_Null.html +++ b/04-Return_Null.html @@ -43,22 +43,26 @@ force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter - are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding them in place, - then he slides the assembly forward and takes it out, revealing the - circuit boards, motor, and spindle with fixed platters beneath. A fine - silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the top-most - platter shows where its upper - head had crashed – a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this - might still be recoverable. He undoes two more - thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the drive comes off. - Using a small flashlight that he had found in one of the desk cabinets, - he inspects the three platters: The one on top turns out to be the - outlier, its underside and both of the other platters have thick + are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding the assembly in + place, then he slides it forward and lifts it out, revealing the + circuit boards, motor, and the spindle with fixed platters beneath. + A fine silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the + upper-most platter shows where one of the heads had crashed – + a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this might still be recoverable. + He undoes two more thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the + drive comes off. Using a crank-driven flashlight + Is that the right way to describe this? that he had found in one + of the desk cabinets, he inspects the three platters: The one on top + turns out to be the outlier, both of the other platters have thick silver-y white stripes lining their edges. Well, there goes that pipe dream.
- Jack puts the drive back together + Jack puts the drive back together. Hopefully, he will get the manual for + the door from Annie, otherwise he'll have to dig his way out of the + bunker somehow. But enough of that for + now, Jack thinks and puts the thought aside for a while. Now, he + needs a way to entertain himself until the evening.
This has been moved here from chapter 1 "Wake Up". It should